mouthed (down)

verb

Definition of mouthed (down)next
past tense of mouth (down)
as in tucked (away or in)

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  1. put away
  2. put down
  3. digested
  4. swallowed
Verb
  • Defender Kevin O'Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Defender Kevin O’Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of put away
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  • After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are embroiled in conflict.
    — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • No algorithm is going to train a generation of kids to put down their white Monsters before a workout.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of put down
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  • However, the trade quickly unwound, with yields higher Thursday as the market digested the move as well as the longer-term structural problems facing the fixed income market.
    — Jeff Cox,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • By midmorning, as investors digested all of this data, bond traders backed off from betting that the Fed would hike rates this year.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of digested
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  • Abdeen’s days and evenings were swallowed by work and activism.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Historic statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge have been swallowed up by blinding gold.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of swallowed
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“Mouthed (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouthed%20%28down%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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